USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Europeans in China, 1500s-1750 The Portuguese, leading the early Western European attempts to reach the Asian markets by sea in the 15th and 16th centuries, first reach China in 1514 in the form of both a formal embassy and trading pirates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Portugal was one of the first countries to attempt to establish a monopoly over the lucrative spice trade with the East, and it founded a network of trading outposts in Asia. The Spanish, meanwhile, established control over the Philippines.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why were Europeans interested in Asia? They heard of the trade market there and wealthy people wanted to obtain silks and spices that could not be found in Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the trade routes that connected Europe and Asia around 1400 were controlled by Muslim kingdoms, especially the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman army was the largest in Europe.